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Theresa May to cut school funding for first time since 1990s, IFS warns
The Government is to cut school funding per pupil for the first time since the mid 1990s, a new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has determined. The respected think-tank calculated that real-terms terms spending on school pupils would drop by 6.5 per cent over the course of this parliament, with further education funding also set for significant decreases. The IFS said schools funding had been well protected for the last two decades but that further education has already been squeezed.
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Investing in their own future. They know educated people wouldn't vote for them.
If you want to identify the populist demagogues in any political system, watch who cuts funding for education.